Franco Pepe born July 18, 1963, in Caiazzo is an Italian award winning pizzaiolo, internationally recognized as one of the best in the world. He is the owner of Pepe In Grani restaurant in Caiazzo, Italy, and is featured in one of the episodes of Netflix's docu-series Chef’s Table: Pizza.
His grandfather was a baker, while his parents owned a restaurant called Osteria Pizzeria Pepe in Piazza Porta Vetere in Caiazzo, town of almost 6,000 inhabitants in the Campania region, near Naples. This is where Franco Pepe learned the trade by working as a pizza maker with his brothers. Pepe's father died in 1996, and he and his brothers felt a responsibility for continuing their father's business. Since he had a different vision from his brothers, Franco Pepe left the family business to start his own nearby. In 2012 he opened his restaurant Pepe In Grani in a historic mansion built in the 18th century in the historic center of Caiazzo. And in 2022 he created Pizza Hub, a digital gastronomy guide to visit the places in Upper Caserta region, where the raw materials he uses in his cooking come from.